The Burnt Orange Heresy
By: Charles Willeford
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
A new paperback edition of the neo-noir novel book critics have called Willeford's best. Fast-talki…
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1. The Tailor of Panama
By: John Le Carré
3.51
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
Le Carré's Panama—the young country of 2.5 million souls which, on December 31, 1999, will gain ful… read more
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"And we dress, sir --?" he murmured, feeling Osnard's gaze burning the nape of his neck. "Most of my gentlemen seem to favour left these days. I don't think it's political." This was his standard joke…"-John Le Carré, The Tailor of Panama
2. The Burglar
By: David Goodis
4.00
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
A dreamlike masterpiece of crime, honor, and perverse loyalty by the legendary author of Shoot the … read more
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"At three in the morning it was dead around here and the windows of the mansion were black, the mansion dark purple and solemn against the moonlit velvet, green of gently sloping lawn."-David Goodis, The Burglar
3. The Carter of 'La Providence' (Maigret, #2)
By: Georges Simenon , David Coward
3.65
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
What was the woman doing here? Why was her body found in a stable, wearing pearl earrings, a stylis… read more
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4. Nightfall
By: Bill Pronzini , David Goodis
3.87
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
“An almost perfect book, spare, balanced, and inexplicably moving.”—Geoffrey O’Brien Jim Vanning… read more
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5. The Name of the Game Is Death (Drake, #1)
By: Dan J. Marlowe
3.87
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
"Two guys with guts and a go-to-hell-with-you-Jack regard for consequences have about three chances… read more
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By: Gerold Frank
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Format: 7 pages, Paperback
A reprint of a hardcover edition. The most bizarre series of murders since Jack the Ripper triggere… read more
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7. Hag's Nook (Dr. Gideon Fell, #1)
By: John Dickson Carr
4.24
Format: 384 pages,
In his detecting debut, larger than life lexicographer Dr. Gideon Fell is entertaining young Americ… read more
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8. A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1)
By: Chester Himes
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Rage in Harlemis a ripping introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, patrolling N… read more
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9. The Burnt Orange Heresy
By: Charles Willeford
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
A new paperback edition of the neo-noir novel book critics have called Willeford's best. Fast-talki… read more
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10. The Green Ripper (Travis McGee #18)
By: John D. MacDonald
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
"McGee has become part of our national fabric."SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER Beautiful girls always gr… read more
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11. The Cry of the Owl
By: Patricia Highsmith
3.04
Format: 40 pages,
Robert Forester didn't look like the kind of man to be a prowler. His ex-wife had told the police h… read more
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12. Red Harvest
By: Dashiell Hammett
4.12
Format: 652 pages, ebook
The Continental Op first heard Personville called Poisonville by Hickey Dewey. But since Dewey also… read more
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By: Jim Thompson
3.00
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest hardworki… read more
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14. The Hunter (Parker, #1)
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4.12
Format: 440 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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16. The Mad Hatter Mystery (Dr. Gideon Fell, #2)
By: John Dickson Carr
4.14
Format: 200 pages,
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17. Dark Passage
By: David Goodis , None
3.92
Format: 594 pages, Paperback
Sentenced to life in San Quentin for the alleged murder of his wife, Vince Parry escapes in a despe… read more
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18. The Two Faces of January
By: Patricia Highsmith
4.23
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Three of them are waiting. Rydal Keener is waiting for something exciting to happen in his grubby l… read more
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19. Pop. 1280
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0.00
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20. A Hell of a Woman
By: Jim Thompson
0.00
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21. In a Lonely Place
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3.64
Format: None pages, Paperback
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